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J. 0.8110118 & A KRAUTH.

AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

No. 538,288. Patented Apr. 30, 1895.

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JAMES QSHOUP, OF N YORK, N. Y., AND ALBERT KRAUTH, E AMIL- TON, OHIO,ASSIGNORS TO THE NATIONAL AUTOGRAPHIC REeIsTER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.-

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part-of Letters Patent No. 538,288, dated April30, 1895.

' Application filed April 14, 1894.. Serial 110.507,.524. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMEs G. SHoUP, of New York, New York county, NewYork, and ALBERT KRAUTH, of Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of whichthe followingis a specification.

This invention pertains to that class of autographic registering devicesin which a strip of paper, to contain a record, is wound up in a roll ina closed receptacle, a portion of the paper being exposed to receive theentry and then advanced by being wound up on the storage-reel;

Our improvements relate to the mounting of the storage reel, the objectof the improvement in this respect being to'provide a convenient meansfor inserting the reel and start? ing the paper upon it and forwithdrawing the reel and for locking the reel against u-nauthorizedwithdrawal or against unauthorized backward turning.

Our improvements will be readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of an ordinary autographic registerprovided with our improvements; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal sectionof one of the end portions thereof, the left-hand end portion of Fig. 1,but viewed in the opposite direction; Fig. 3, an end elevation of theregister, and Fig. 4 a detailed view of the storage-reel. Fig. 4 is upona larger scale than Fig. 1, and Figs. 2 and 3 are upon a still largerscale.

In Fig. l the door D, which opens the end of the receptacle and givesaccess to the storage-reel, is shown as being open. Fig. 2 shows thisdoor as not so much open, and Fig. 3 shows it open to the greatestdegree.

In the drawings, A, indicates the body of an ordinary autographicregister; B, the tablet surface thereon over which the writing is done;0, the position of the grip-rolls; D, the door closing the end of theregister and giving access to the storage-reel; E, the storage roll ofpaper extending across the register near the door D; F, a supply-roll ofpaper within the register, and G, the record paper on its way forward tothe storage-reel after the record has been made upon it.

All of the parts thus far referred to are or may be substantially as isusual in this class of registering devices. We will now proceed to referto the peculiarities of construction.

H, is a guide-roll or bar. extending across the register. near the dooropening of door D and engaged by the record-paper G on its way to thestorage-reel, this roll or bar being provided with one or more surfacenotches or peripheral grooves, peripheral grooves in case this bar is arotary one; J, the spindle of the storage-reel journaled in the frame ofthe machine in position to receive the record paper,

this spindle being adapted for endwise withdrawal sidewise from thecasing; K, a handle on this spindle by means of which it may be turnedin reeling up the record-paper; L, a ratchet-wheel fast on this spindleat the handle end of the spindle, the journal-bearing in the casing forthis end of the spindle being of a size great enough to permit thepassing of the ratchet-wheel inwardly through it so that when thespindle is in place the ratchet wheel is within the casing, the spindlehaving at this end a journal Z large enough to fit this journal-bearing;M, a circumferential groove in this large journal at the handle end ofthe spindle; N, a lever pivoted at its inner upper end to the casing anddisposed within the easing at the handle end of the spindle of thestorage-reel the outer end of this lever projecting into a position tobe engaged by the door D as the door closes, whereby the closing of thedoor causes a downward inward movement of the lever; O, a pawl pivotedto the lever N, at the pivot which unites the lever to the casing, thepoint of this pawl being adapted to engage the ratchet-Wheel L when thelever N is in position c0rresp0nding with the closed condition of thedoor D,

this pawl having a spring to urge it into engagement with theratchet-wheel and having a stop to limit its approach totheratchetwheel, the construction being such that when the lever N is innormal position, with the door closed, the pawl O isin full co-operationwith the ratchet-wheel, held in action by its spring and unrestrained byits stop, but when the lever N rocks upward, when the door is open, thepawl is withdrawn from the ratchetwheel and restrained from inwardmovement by its stop; P, a blade carried by the leverN and adapted toengage the groove M of the storage-spindle when the storage-spindle ispushed endwise into place and the lever N is held down in normalposition by the closed door; Q, latches on the door to hold it closed;R, lugs on the casing to be engaged by these latches when the door isclosed; S, a rod mounted across the door and having the latchesQattachedto it; T,a finger-piece on this rod by means of which the rod can berocked and the latches Q unhooked from the lugs R; U, prick-arms fast onrocking-rod S in position to have their pricking points enter thenotches or grooves in guide-rod or roll H when the door is closed andthe rod is rocked in act of releasing the latches; V, a reel slippingloosely upon the reel-spindle J and having a longitudinal notch toreceive the end of the record paper to be wound upon the reel; V, aspring urging the lever N out of active position and serving to throwthat lever to idle position when the door is opened; X, a spring uponlatch-rod S, serving to hold the latches Q to latched position; Y, a keyat the handle end of reel-spindle J, engaging in a notch in the end ofreel V and serving to cause the reel to turn with the spindle, and Z,the large journal at the handle end of the reel-spindle, .I.

- Normally the reel-spindle is clear in and the paper engaging the reeland the door closed and latched. Under such circumstances the spindlecannot be withdrawn endwise because blade P on lever N is engaging thegroove Z of the spindle and the closed door holds the lever and blade inthis active position. At the same time pawl O is engaging theratchetwheel on the spindle, thus preventing the backward turning of thereel. lhe spindle may thus be turned forward freely to wind up therecord paper but it cannot be turned backward, nor can the spindle bewithdrawn. The door is not locked, being merely latched, but if it beunlatehed the act of moving the latches to disengage them will rock theprickers U forward and they will stab the record paper where it turnsover the rod or roll H, the prickers passing through the paper which isbacked at their points of operation by the grooves in the roll or rod.If the roll H is a roll in fact, that is, if it is free to turn, the rodmust have the peripheral grooves forming, in effect, notches extendingall the way around the roll so that no matter what rotary position theroll may be in the paper, at the pricking points, is backed by notches.Therefore if the door is opened without authority the pricking upon therecord paper willindicate the fact, and the location of these prickings,with reference to the series of entries upon the record paper, willindicate the time at which the unauthorized opening of the door tookplace.

When the door is opened the lever N is re leased and carries pawl O andblade P to in active position. The storage-reel may then be turnedfreely in eitherdirection and record paper may be withdrawn forinspection and then reeled up again, and when the door is again closedthe pawl and blade go again to active position.

When the door is open the spindle may be freely withdrawn endwise fromthe apparatus, leaving the reel 1 and its roll paper within theapparatus. The roll may then be withdrawn through the doorway, forremoval or inspection. In starting a new roll, the end of the recordpaper may be pulled out through the doorway and its end attached to theempty reel outside the casing, after which the reel, with the storedpaper, may be pushed back within the casing, in line with the spindle,and the spindle pushed endwise into theeasing through the reel, and whenthe spindle is pushed home and the door closed the apparatus is readyfor use.

We claim as our invention-'- 1. In an autographic registering apparatus,the combination, substantially as set forth, of a casing, a doorthereto, a storage-reelspindle mounted in the casing and adapted forendwise withdrawal from the casing, and a blade engaging the spindle andpreventing its endwise withdrawal and engaged by the closed door to holdit in active position.

2. In an autographic register, the combination, substantially as setforth, of a casing, a doorway thereto, a storage-reel spindle mounted inthe casing, a ratchet-wheel connected with said spindle, a pivoted pawlnormally engaging said ratchet-wheel, a spring engaging said pawl andurging it at all times toward the ratchet-wheel, a lever pivoted to thecasing near said doorway, a stop carried by said lever under said pawl,a spring engaging said lever and urging it to lift the pawl out ofengagement, and a door at said doorway engaging said lever and holdingsaid stop to inactive position when the door is closed.

3. In an autographic register, the combination, substantially as setforth, of a casing, a door thereto, a storage-reel spindle mounted insaid casing and adapted for endwise withdrawal therefrom, aratchet-wheel upon said spindle, a spring-pawl normally engaging saidratchet-wheel, a stop engaging said pawl and serving to withdraw it fromaction, a blade normally engaging said spindle and preventing itsendwise withdrawal, and devices connecting the door with said step andblade to hold the blade to active position and the stop to inactiveposition when the door is closed.

4. In an autographic register, the combination, substantially as setforth, of a casing, a spindle mounted therein and adapted for endwisewithdrawal therefrom and provided with IIO -'a circumferential groove, amovable blade mounted Within the casing and normally engaging saidgroove and preventing the endwise Withdrawal of the spindle and a doorclosing said casing and guarding said blade.

5. In an autographio register, the combination, substantially as setforth, of a casing, a storage-reel spindle mounted therein and having atone end an enlarged journal, a ratchetwheel fast upon said spindlewithin the casin g near said enlarged journal and having a diameter notexceeding that of said enlarged journal, a spring pawl Within the casingand tion, substantially as set forth, of a casing, a door thereto, anotched guide-rod extending across the casing near the door openingtherein, a rocking rod mounted on and moving with the door, latches onsaid rocking rod to secure the door in closed position, and prickers onsaid rocking rod in position to enter the notches in said guide-rod whenthe latches 2 3 are rocked to disengaging position.

1 JAMES C. SHOUP.

ALBERT KRAUTH. Witnesses as to Shoup:

M. A. PREWETT, GEORGE M. SHoUP. Witnesses as to Krauth:

J. W. SEE, J. N. SLAYBACK.

